Show The Wrong Wife The senator leaped aped to his feet He thrust out a hand Good by Cordova It If you arc are not sparing paring Deborah's Deboraha pride as M Delmar seemed to think and really care for i her I I w wish h you well Cordova I Ishall shall shalle be e happy to welcome you here here or or orn In n New York You are arc an nn extremely admirable young man Cordova Despite certain ju juvenile qualities quaIl quaIl- ties jeered Cordova Did I say that I withdraw it it if I did Cordova I may not be able to o use a man man man-I I may be forced to destroy him hIm Il if he doesn't see eye to toye eye ye with me But there are other careers than toe the political There are what you term the decencies If It those are a mans man's ambitions I Ishall Ishall shall hall not decry them I I- I Ican can even respect a man who sticks to them But I do not consider him of potential poten poten- tint ial greatness He Is one of ot the many not of the few Good luck to you Dick Cordova stared at the man He pO possessed Cordova felt all the quail quail- ties tics of evil Yet somehow Cordova felt elt that it was an impersonal evil evit an n vil that moved on to greater ends to o greater achievements He remembered what Deborah had said sald about Napoleon and Genghis Khan and this time ime he did not sneer at the r tion ion He lIe took Carmichaels Carmichael's extended hand of ot fun tun fighting It should be a lot you senator h he said Some day dayI I 1 hope to have that fun tun I 1 can only say speed the day I smiled Carmichael You are an if it you dont don't mind my saying so ro the kind of son on I would wish to have it if my myson son were not exactly like myself I dont don't like ike half measures Cordova Nor do doI I like half hall I want them on on one side of the fence tence or the other I prefer them on my side but I hate them hem if they straddle Again good goodluck goodluck gooduck luck uck to you Cordova feeling somehow rather little ittle turned from the room He glanced back from the door Carmichael Car Car- michael was immersed already In a pile pite of correspondence He walked down the great stairs through the enormous living room and out upon the lawn awn Standing on the he little dock were Jeb Stone and Grady He joined them Well said Grady Ganley left no note said Cor Cor- dova Grady lighted a And you Dick Will Vill r remain main a private citizen said aid Cordova But no court would permit ermit the introduction of ot that note Fred Tred And what's to be gained by printing a document no matter how true rue which cannot be substantiated and which Grenfell and Marti Martine e cannot cannot cannot can can- not disprove by examination cross of ol Ganley A swell story for the Banner said aid Grady grinning A filthy story for the Banner corrected Cordova You may be right admitted Grady Anyway lets let's forget it it It was noon before the formalities of the coroners coroner's court had been complied com com- plied with and half an hour after that hat when when havIng having made an engagement engagement engage engage- ment meat to go hunting with Jeb In the theall fall Cordova all Cordova and the others took oft off from the lake They landed on Long xing Island before belore 5 o'clock and Grady and Cordova left Kippy to tinker inker with his plane while they en engaged n n- n a taxi to take them to Manhattan Man- Man hatta lattan hattan THE YOUNG CRUSADER And And thus said Grady the adventures of the young crusader crusa crusa- der derand and the wicked giantI giant I suppose it docs does said Cordova Well he might have another adventure adventure ad nd venture suggested the reporter Cordova shrugged I l doubt it Fred I dont don't think Im I'm built for the game You may not be but Carmichael is And what has Carmichael to do with me I mean in politics any anymore anymore anymore more demanded Cordova You never can tell said Grady wl wisely ly Youre incorruptible Dick Which is the last thing Carmichael Carmichael Carmichael Carmi Carmi- chael wants in his said aid Cordova The last things he wants now corrected Grady But what hell he'll want tomorrow or next week week any any anyone one that thinks he knows his Carmichael Carmi Carmi- chael chad isn't thinking any too well He changed the subject abruptly Cunning Cunning Cunning Cun ning told me in that moment when you waited for me in the hall hail yes yes- erday that she was going to work for or you Decent of you ou Dick but but tO the best bet secretary any man ever ever had I couldn't bear to lose Jose her Well get into training to lose her pretty soon smiled Grady Along about the fall fall- Id I'd say When the he campaign is over I plant to to- take that little girl to the minister And a damned unfriendly thing to do Fred laughed Cordova But ButIn In the meantime if you'll let her stay atay tay with me meI me- me me-It me meItI I like the use of that word let said Grad Grady Maybe say If you did dida a little figuring about what that word means means means- What on earth carth are you driving at RU asked Cordova Well you s seemed med to acknowledge that I had authority over my girl You said if Id I'd let her stay with you Get me Frankly I dont don't replied the mystified Cordova Remember how I told her that if she opened her sweetly curved lips Id I'd bust her I seem to remember grinned Cordova that you used expressions Indicating an uncouthness of character char har character acter acter- acter Uncouth hell interrupted Grady When I said Id I'd sock her I meant Id I'd sock her and you bet your life lie Cunning knows know exactly what 1 meant strike a women demanded de de- de- de l Cordova Va THERES THERE'S I GOT GOT TO TO BE A BOSS BOSS'S For her own good and my peace of ot mind Sure I would I mean theres there's got to be a boss Cordova and it ought to be the man Im I'm no caveman nor am I a a drunken stevedore steve steve- dore And Im I'm just crazy over Cun Cun- ning But I wouldn't st stay slay y crazy about her if it she double crossed me And because I want to stay crazy about her her we we Gradys are wo one men men if youve you've ever er heard the phrase phrase phrase-I'd Id I'd make her behave if I had to knock her all allover over the lot Because Because Because Be Be- cause the Gradys are never going to get divorced pal The Gradys Grady are going to have children and a home and and It It certainly sounds interesting chuckled Cordova But why tell tell tell-me me about it Their taxi had crossed the bridge and was pulling up in front of f the Hotel Tremayne Why tell you about It Well Dick Im I'm not dumb I heard the way you ou talked to your wife yesterday from your office Cunning was hep too The way you said good by vas was an earful Dick Now youre you're just married married mar mar- ried ned and she may be carrying a little worship uncle-worship into her marriage Dick if it kisses dont don't win em cm try the theold theold theold old fist Much obliged for the advice said Cordova stiffly but but Now dont don't get sore with me rae young oung feller said Grady Im your friend Dick And friends sometimes get a little fresh with good intentions Its all right Fred said Cordova only only a a telephone conversation- conversation one side of it s It-s seems it-seems seems ms rather slight grounds on which to base opinions or offer such advice Sorry said Grady Only and he grinned irrepressibly to kiss emor emor em era or hit cm em is always sound advice Ill I'll be seeing you Cordova responded to the Infectious grin Within a day he promised To be Continued Monda Monday 4 |